Deep in the void of space, stood a space station orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy. Inside the station, a man in a plague doctor mask with a button up shirt, a brown vest and a duster coat with dress pants and cowboy boots, was lounging in a chair.
"Ugh... Why does monitoring the universe have to be so fucking boring!?"
He bounced a ball in the air before catching it. He turned his beak to look at the shelves of books and DVDs he had. He saw one that stuck out to him. Castlevania.
Ah yes, Castlevania, a media he had fond memories of as a child. From the games to the Netflix series, he was always a fan of the series. He suddenly had a great idea.
He stood up from the chair and walked towards one of the books and pulled it out. Revealing itself to be a book about the Infinite Corridor.
From the station's computer, a synthetic voice spoke up. "And what is it you're up to this time, Ace?"
"I'm bored, VEGA." Ace answered.
The now named AI just continues, "I can see that. Which answer to your boredom is what exactly? And what kind of trouble will this lead to?" VEGA asked.
"Well what if I told you I was going to grab some characters from Castlevania and have them watch a lot of different universes and even history?" Ace asked hypothetically.
VEGA was silent before answering, "I'd say you're either mad, brilliant, or you're wanting to create a paradox by showing those of the 15th century the future and or different futures and timelines, but since I don't have a physical form to stop you I'll simply say, how can I be of assistance?"
"I'm going to create a portal to my theater. Can you find fixed points for these characters and drop them into the theater?" He uploaded the files of the several characters to VEGA's data stream.
One quick calculation later a chirp from the computer was heard, "Done, would you like the passive field to be engaged?"
"Yeah, they're gonna be hostile. I want to be able to explain myself to them."
Another chirp is heard as VEGA does his best federation computer impression, "Teleportation is ready to engage."
The Plague Doctor took a deep breath before saying, "Engage."
With that command, the very flow of time and space changed forever as a portal was opened to reveal a theater. The chairs all had a table in front of them.
The overseer looked around at the theater and asked VEGA, "How's the theater operating?"
VEGA chirped in his normal voice, "Theater is operating within normal parameters, the guest shall be arriving in 1.5 seconds, I'd advise stepping through to greet them."
Ace nodded and stepped into the theater just as several people teleported. The portal closed behind Ace and now he was left with the newly arrived guests.
Of course some didn't land gracefully, as a few did land on each other which resulted in groans of pain.
The overseer winced behind his mask.
Dracula groaned as he stood up, holding his head and shook it a bit, his long black hair swaying with gravity, "What is this? Where are we?"
Two men dressed in robes of sorts, stood up as well, a young man with grey shoulder length hair held his back while looking around, "I don't know, my lord."
The other man of darker skin stood straight, not showing any discomfort, said almost monotone. "But it is surely not the castle."
Trevor Belmont, a man with stubble facial hair and brown hair groaned as he got up off of a woman with short strawberry hair. "What the fuck just happened?"
Said woman's eyes went wide as she took in her environment, not registering the fact she was crushed by Trevor. "Amazing, I've never before seen a place like this!"
"Where the fuck am I?" A woman with snow white skin and white hair said as she stood up, looking around. Her tone was rather passive while clearing trying to ask in anger.
However by Dracula's side was a woman with long blonde hair, tied into a braid moved close to the Vampire King. "Love, where are we?"
Dracula wrapped his arm around Lisa and looked around, "A collection of chairs, and... A stage.. it's possibly a theater of sorts."
"Right as always, Lord Dracula." The Overseer said, stepping towards the center of the stage.
Everyone turned to look at the new person, but found it strange as a blonde haired man spoke out loud, "Strange, I should be upset, I should feel anger, yet I don't. What magic is it that you're using?" He asked curiously.
"Adrian?" The blonde woman asked, her expression was calm but her eyes shone, revealing her excitement over seeing her son.
Adrian looked back to see her and Dracula. "Father… Mother…" He climbed over the chairs before hugging them both.
Dracula couldn't express his emotions like the others, but he was also happy to see his son. Lisa nearly cried as she held Adrian.
Sypha and Trevor watched, clearly happy for Adrian, but also nervous at the sight of the vampire that nearly killed them.
Ace cleared his throat to get the family's attention. "I don't mean to break up this reunion, but we should probably get started. Please take your seats."
The family let go of each other before Adrian climbed back down to where Trevor and Sypha were standing.
"You never answered his question." The silver haired man said.
"Oh there's a field around the seats that keeps you all passive. Because well, I'd rather we not get hostile and allow me to explain myself." Ace explained.
Trevor spoke up "Oh fuck you! Like I was gonna take a swing at you!" The blonde Dhampir had a deadpan look towards Trevor.
"I'm gonna call bullshit, Trevor Belmont." Ace said.
Trevor just grumbled as Adrian turned back to their "host." As he says, "Alucard Tepes, since introductions are in order."
"Adrian, use your proper name." Lisa lightly reprimanded her son. "I'm Lisa Tepes."
Dracula looked at the Overseer before speaking, "I am Vlad Dracula Tepes."
Trevor snickered as Adrian nodded, "Sorry, mother." The pale woman looked at Dracula with disdain before speaking next, "I am Carmilla of Styria."
"I am Hector. Forgemaster for Dracula." The silver haired man said.
"I am Isaac. Forgemaster for Dracula as well." The dark skinned man introduced himself.
Before anymore could be said, a strawberry haired blurr ran up to the overseer as she was bouncing on her feet, "Greetings! I'm Syhpa Belnades! What magic is the passive field!? Can it be taught!? Are you a mage also!?" She was firing off questions fast like she was a squirrel on speed.
The Overseer blinked before answering the questions one at a time. "Um, well my name is Ace Berkeley. It's a complicated process. It's not really magic. It's a technological machine that sort of induces a calming gas in the air. It'll maybe wear off later, but I hope by that time, you all won't be so angry and I can explain why you're all here. I'm not a mage. I'm an Overseer. Could it be taught? Sure, it just requires a knowledge of machines."
Dracula and Lisa both said, "Fascinating." At the same time.
Adrian stokes his chin as he asks. "What year is it?"
As if hearing his question, VEGA's voice is heard, "Time and space are different here, to quote a time traveler of sorts." A new voice was heard from a famous 10th incarnation of said traveler, "Time and space is a big ball of...timey, wimy, wibbly, wobbly....stuff." The voice clip cuts off. As now clear confusion could be seen on the guests faces.
"Essentially, where we are, time is irrelevant. However, if we want to get technical, I portaled you all from your last location and time. For Carmilla, it was before her castle was attacked by Isaac. For Hector, it was before he got taken by Carmilla. For you three," Ace pointed at Trevor, Sypha, and Adrian.
"It was after your victory against Death. And for our lovely couple, you were pulled after being brought back to life. So some of you know the future more than others."
Dracula frowned at him. "What is it you want from us?"
"Well, I want to show you all something amazing. I want to show you all the Multiverse." Ace answered.
Sypha's head was spinning with her eyes widened even more, "As in...the Infinite Corridors? But… How!?"
"It's real?" Adrian asked, astonished before Carmilla asked. "What the fuck are you all squabbling about?"
"The Infinite Corridor is a gateway to many different worlds and universes. You see, this is a screen and a projector behind you all carries a source of the Infinite Corridor. The projector will play a few scenes from different worlds within the Corridor. Whether it is the future, an alternate universe, or something else entirely, it will be a wonderful experience for you all to see."
Trevor strokes his chin grinning, "Maybe I'm a King with women at my beck and call!"
Which causes Adrian to face palm as he grumbles "Or maybe someone's slave."
Trevor looks at Adrian, "What was that?"
Straighten up, Adrain shakes his head. "Hmm? Nothing."
Sypha turned around to look at Trevor with a glare and a cross of her arms. "This is worse than when you said drinking beer was better than the sex we had."
"I did not need to hear about you two breeding." Adrian groaned, as did Carmilla.
Lisa giggled, "Oh Adrian it's natural, why the stories I could tell of how you were conceived-"
Adrian almost shouted "MOTHER!"
Dracula placed a hand on Lisa's shoulder, "Lisa, I don't think our son needs to hear about that."
"With respect, Mi'lady." Isaac said, "Neither would I."
Hector coughing abit says, "So, these other worlds and universes along with this theater are impressive, but I must ask about things such as food? Drinks? Even sleep. Will these be accommodated?"
VEGA once again chimed, "All you have to do is use the tablets attached to your seats to which the replicators shall provide you with your hunger or thirst needs, as for sleeping, quarters will be provided."
Adrain raised an eyebrow, "Replicators?"
"This'll take a while to explain." Ace groaned a bit.
"Essentially, the tables come equipped with technology that can replicate the looks and tastes of food and drinks. But enough about that. Oh I completely forgot to introduce myself." He bonked himself in the head.
"I'm Ace Berkeley. Overseer of your Universe. I watch over everything that happens to your universe and those that have variants of you."
Now that brought on a mix of emotions as Trevor had to break that with his charm, "What? Like God or something." He snorted dismissively.
"Uhh..." Ace said before looking to see Dracula's glare at him. "Well I didn't create your world. I'm not a god, I just watch over everything that happens and write it down."
Sphya nods, "So a scribe of sorts? Like a historian but of different worlds, or a chronicler?" She says trying to wrap her head around this person's position in the grand scheme of things.
"Yeah there you go. Now, are there any more questions?" Ace asked.
"You know what happens to us?" Carmilla asked.
"I do. Some of you go on to live good lives. Some fall in battle." He said the last part to her.
Lisa looks at her husband and her son hoping they live happy lives. While Sypha, now with a grin on her face, exclaimed, "Well let's learn then!"
Sitting herself down, Trevor follows with a sigh as he looks at the tablet trying to figure it out, "Hey mystery voice! Can I get something strong?" Only for a glass of clear liquid to appear on his table.
"And if you want to try some food from the universe, I have menus inside the table for you to look at." Ace said.
Carmilla looked inside the table and pulled out the menu.
Dracula pulled his menu out and looked at it with Lisa.
The others followed while Trevor was coughing as he yells, "THE FUCK IS THIS!? And can I have more!?"
Vega says, "That is known as Vodka from the nation of Russia."
The others instead of alcohol went with either water, or something called "Soda."
Dracula looked at a choice on the menu, Blood Rosé. He ordered that and took a sip. "Blood? Blood mixed in wine?"
Carmilla looked at Dracula before cursing, "Shit. I should've thought of that."
Lisa tried something called Coke and upon drinking it she broke into giggles. "It's so bubbly, and sweet! Oh love, you must try this!" She held out her glass to Dracula. While Adrian decided to have a nice cup of tea.
Dracula raised an eyebrow at her before taking a sip of Coke. He smacked his lips and inspected the taste. "Hmm, bitter and bubbly, not too bad." He returned it to Lisa who took another sip before giggling some more.
Ace clapped his hands, "Ok. I think it's about time we watch something that'll fascinate you all. Let's watch the History of the Entire World, I Guess."
Everyone got a bit more comfy while Trevor grumbled and ordered more vodka, "I'm gonna need more of this."
End Prologue